Michael Quintanilla

Fashion/Pop Culture Writer | San Antonio Express-News

About this Author

Michael Quintanilla is a feature writer for the San Antonio Express-News with a focus on fashion and its intersection with pop culture. Before joining the Express-News he was a feature and fashion writer for the Los Angeles Times where his beats included pop culture, Hollywood and fashion weeks in New York, Europe and L.A. He earned his journalism degree from San Antonio’s Trinity University and is a Burbank High School grad. He grew up on the city's south side. He has been a reporter at the El Paso Herald-Post, Dallas Times-Herald and the Dallas Morning News.

Awards & Recognition

Michael has received many awards throughout his career that began as a police beat reporter at the Express-News. This is his second time around at the newspaper that launched his career, leading to feature writing jobs in El Paso, Dallas and Los Angeles. He is the recipient of the Express-News' ""Unsung Hero"" award. While at the Los Angeles Times he was named feature writer of the year by the Times and the California Newspaper Publishers Assn. His work at the Times was included in staff packages that won the newspaper Pulitzer Prizes for the 1992 riots and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. His 9/11 coverage in 2001 also was included in staff honord by the Times; (Michael was in New York covering fashion week when the attacks occurred.) His work has been published in books and a human interest series he wrote was made into an NBC movie.